You have much to learn, young grasshopper

Day three began as the rest have. Wake up, morning stuff, off to class at 8.

We started out the day today with a presentation from Tina, who works in the security dept. at SkyWest. We were briefed on airport security, the Transportation Security Administration, and the FAA. We were also told about Federal Air Marshalls, LEOs (Law Enforcement Officers) and other people who might carry weapons onto our airplanes that are leagally able to do so. We were briefed on terrorism, and watched a video about various items that people try to smuggle onboard aircraft. (Some of which are VERY clever) A large portion of the video covered explosives and how they could be carried onboard. (Don't get any ideas, it's next to impossible.) We were also taught the airline's rules governing how to deal with terrorist. Basically all you need to know about that is don't try to hijack an airplane nowadays, cause you ain't gonna get very far. We also learned about intercepting procedures just in case we ever needed an escort by a pair of F-16 Fighter Jets.

After that, we learned some basic defence techniques, and I now how do disable any would-be hijacker in a number of ways. Hopefully I'll never have to use any of those on you.

Again it was a nice day so we decided to eat outside. After lunch I had a little while before class started again so I used it to continue memorizing limitations. The afternoon consisted of more company indoc stuff. I did find out today what my sim schedule is. After class lets out on the 27th of June, I have about a 10 day break before I start the sims on July 9th. That's kinda nice, cause I get a little break and I'll be able to come home for the 4th of July. (Hopefully. Things can change.) I also switched rooms in my hotel today and am now rooming with my sim partner, so that's kinda nice.

Every Wednesday night the hotel throws a BBQ for us SkyWest people. It was fun to be outside, get a free meal and meet some of the other people who are in training. (There are other groundschools going on right now besides ours.) I did learn that there are a few more UND people here than I thought. I ran into Josh Ritter, a friend of mine who just got hired here back in April. Tonight: more studying.